Spindle-adjuster model



M.. H. FEIST.'

SPINDLE ADJUSTER MODEL.

FILED JUNE 2, 1921 L Jan. 16, 1923.

Patented Jan'. 16.A 1923.

UNITEDl` STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX H. FEIST, OF TOUTLE, WASHINGTON.

SPINDLE-mostrara MonEL.'

Application filed June 2,

vide tapered plugs for supporting axle spini dles in an axle fork.

A still further object of the invention is to provide axle spindles having tapered bushings in its ends, tapered plugs seating in said bushings and means whereby said plugs may be toi-ced into said bushings from time to time as the same wear away.

With the above and other objects in view, l have invented a device illustrated in the accompanying vdrawings iu which- Figure l is an elevational view ot an axle cud and,

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 thereoi. Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the following specification and in the several views iu thcdrawings in which l indicates an axle..haviug an end fork 2 between the ends 3 and #l of which is mounted a spindle (i by means of my adjustable spindle support '7 which consists ot' a bolt n having a pair ot' tapered bushings S) and 1() which seat in similarly formed recesses l1 and l2 in the endsot the spindle o. Seating in .said bushings are tapered plugs l and l-i through which thebolt S projects. As the. bushings wear away, the

plugs ill and l-l may be screwed further into said bushings, said plugs being threaded .into said ends Il and -l; and having their rectangular ends lo and 1li projecting through the openings ll and 1S oi' said ends` whereby r the plugs may. be. engaged by a suitable wrench. This arrangement permits gradual take-up ol. anyv space caused by wear upon the bushings. The bushings 9 and l0 are driven tight into the ends ot' the spindle body G.

with bores 19 and 2O terminating in grooves 2l and 22 throughout the length of tapered portions 23 and 24 of the plugs, whereby lnllach of t-lie'plugs 13 and 14 areprovided.

1921. Serial No. 474,481.

bricants .may be supplied to sid plug within said bushings. Pivoted 'closures 25 lmay be provided for said bores 19 and 20.

Having described my invent-ion, that which I claim'is new and desire t0 procure by Letters Patent is: "7 l l. In a device of the 'character described,

`an axle having spaced apart prongs each provided with vertically aligning apertures, a spindle having a vertical bore therethrough adapted to align with said 'apertures, said bore having tapered ends, tapered bushings mounted in said ends and plugs tapered at their -inner ends and projecting through said aperturesand into said bushings.

2. In ak device of the character described, an 'axle having spaced apart prongs each provided with vertically aligning apertures, a spindle having a-vertical bore therethrough adapted to align with said apertures, said bore having tapered' ends, tapered bushings mounted in said ends and plugs taperedat their inner ends and `projecting through saidapertures and into said bushings, and means whereby said plugs 3. In a device of the character described,

'an axle having spaced apart prongs each provided 'with vertically aligning apertures,

a spindle `having a vertical-bore therethrough adapted to align with said apertures, saidy bore having taperedx ends, tapered' bushings mounted-in said ends and plugs tapered at their inner ends and projecting through said apertures and into said bushings, and means `whereby said plugs may be adjusted relative to said bushings,

said means consisting of the threaded con-y nection between the outer ends ofI said plugs 4may he adjusted relative to said bushings.,v

and Said apertured prongs, said plgs hav- In testimony whereof I ax my signature ing bores extending therethrough, aligning in the presence of two Witnesses. with'the bore of said spindle a boltaprojecvt# y ingV through said bores and ,a nut threaded f MAX H' BEIST 5 on said holt,- said bolt and nut being adapt- Witnessesz ed to hold said plugs against accidental ro- FRED R. ANDERSON, tation. f JOHN( EPPERSON." 

